Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts suggested today that he might move the team out of Wrigley Field if he doesn’t get approval for the changes and upgrades the organization wants to make to the historic stadium.

Specifically, Ricketts doesn’t want the local government to stand in the way of the giant video scoreboard and additional outfield signs the team would like to add.

"I'm not sure how anyone is going to stop the signs in the outfield, but if it comes to the point that we don't have the ability to do what we need to do in our outfield then we're going to have to consider moving," Ricketts said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "It's a simple as that."

Wrigley Field will turn 100 years old next season—only Fenway Park is older—and Ricketts would like to spend $300 million to renovate it and modernize it in hopes of creating more revenue and improving the fan experience. However, his plans have met some resistance from the City Council and the rooftop businesses that surround the park.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the Cubs, the mayor of Chicago and a local alderman recently agreed to a “framework” for the renovation of Wrigley Field and the development of the surrounding land. But the newspaper speculates Ricketts might be growing frustrated by the pace of the negotiations.

"The fact is we are committed to try to work this out. We've always said that we want to win in Wrigley Field, but we also need to generate the revenue we need to compete as a franchise. Having the ability to put video boards and signs in the outfield is very important to us,” Ricketts told the Chicago Tribune.

If Ricketts is serious about leaving, he already has a suitor. Several weeks ago, the mayor of nearby Rosemont said that the village near O'Hare International Airport has a 25-acre chunk of land that the Cubs could have for free if they wanted to build a replica of Wrigley Field there. While Mayor Bradley Stephens said the idea of the Cubs leaving Wrigley was the longest of long shots, he wanted to make sure that if the Cubs did decide to leave they knew about the offer.

"It's hard for everyone to envision," Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein told the Chicago Tribune. "Everyone is on record as saying their goal to stay here and win here. I think Tom's answer to that really underscores the importance of the project, and the importance of the revenue to our vision of building a sustainable winner in a big market and behaving the way a big market should.

"Tom loves Wrigley Field. He doesn't wake up in the morning thinking about moving. He wakes up thinking about winning here. But winning does come first. … As he indicated, you have to keep alternatives alive just because this has been such a crazy process."